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MN HF267
Bill
Status
1/11/2023
Primary Sponsor
Leigh Finke
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AI Summary
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Repeals Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.2241, which criminalized the knowing transfer of infectious agents for communicable diseases.
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Eliminates criminal penalties for sexual penetration without disclosure of communicable disease status, transfer of blood/organs/tissue, and sharing of nonsterile syringes for drug injection.
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Removes affirmative defenses previously available to those who took practical prevention measures or followed professional infection control procedures.
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Effective August 1, 2023, and applies to crimes committed on or after that date.
Legislative Description
Crime of the transfer of an infectious agent for a communicable disease from one person who knowingly harbors the agent to another repealed.
Last Action
Author added Lee, K.
3/20/2024